diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index a6b14d6..4ea71c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: building package
         run: |
           npm run build
+          npm run remove-postinstall
       - name: Publishing package to npm repository
         run: |
           npm publish --access public
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 890d158..941675a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@phcode/fs",
   "description": "Phoenix virtual file system over filer/ browser fs access/ tauri / phoenix web socket APIs",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "keywords": [
     "phoenix",
     "browser",
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   "license": "GNU-AGPL3.0",
   "scripts": {
     "postinstall": "cd ./src-tauri/node-src/ && npm install && cd ../../",
+    "prepublishOnly": "echo make sure to run `npm run remove-postinstall` before you run npm publish!!!",
+    "remove-postinstall": "node src-build/remove-postinstall.js",
     "tauri": "tauri",
     "eslint": "eslint src test",
     "eslint:fix": "eslint src test --fix",
diff --git a/src-build/remove-postinstall.js b/src-build/remove-postinstall.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d58df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-build/remove-postinstall.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const packageJsonPath = path.join(__dirname, '../package.json');
+const packageData = require(packageJsonPath);
+
+// Remove the postinstall script
+if (packageData.scripts && packageData.scripts.postinstall) {
+    delete packageData.scripts.postinstall;
+}
+
+// Rewrite the package.json without the postinstall script
+fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageData, null, 2) + '\n');
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